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Monday, April 29, 2013

It's Monday morning and the reveal for Challenge #160 at Craft Your Passion. The theme this time is "Well Read" which means you must include text in the form of background papers or stamps, use reading themed images, or perhaps a sentiment as a focal point. Easy peasy, eh?I used two different text stamps for my background and then over-stamped the background with the "Face of Uncle Enos". I distressed the edges and then went in with three shades of Distress Ink on the edges and to age the paper. (For details of the exact product used, see the info below). I made a tag, distressed in the same manner and attached it with a brad and a twine bow that allows the tag to swing out - revealing the sentiment.

A masculine ribbon is held down with three square brads and one more for the corner of the "dictionary page".The CYP Design Team has made some fabulous samples for you - variations on the theme! Check them out and then get your own entry ready before the Sunday, May 5th deadline! Go (HERE) for details and to link your entry.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Today I am being featured as a Guest Designer at Fussy and Fancy for their current challenge. If you like, you can see this card and the information about me featured (here).When I was asked to do a Vintage project, I immediately thought of handwritten notes, big hats, flowers, ribbons and pearls. So here is my interpretation of that theme.I started with the Tim Holtz' technique of Distress Inks on a craft sheet, spritzed with water and the paper laid on the color to soak it up. Once dry, it was stamped with the image of the woman and trimmed to size. The left over paper was used to punch flowers for later. A background panel was stamped with the script and matted with black. The focal image has been elevated on top with foam tape - pearls were added to the corners and to the center of the flowers. Sheer ribbon with satin edges and the flowers completed the project.The John Donne quote seemed appropriate for the inside.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

A very simple card made with four, fussy cut layers of a flower stamped on Designer Paper. Each layer of the petals and the leaves has been embossed from the back to give it curve and depth and then mounted with foam tape. Both bees have been embossed and mounted in the same manner. That's it! Clean and Simple!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

I missed the Simon Says challenge for "Travel or City Scapes" - but the current challenge is Anything Goes - so I hope they will forgive me for still entering this card. This is again the Tim Holtz technique of Distress Inks on a Craft Sheet, spritzed with water - this time I used glossy coated CS to apply to the resulting color pool. My concept here is to mimic the Aurora Borealis. The Die cut is felt and comes in long strips, for scrapbook pages I presume - I merely cut off what I needed. I mounted the CS on lavender base CS and used matting for the words that also picked up colors from the sky.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Too CAS for my usual style... needs more gussy! But this vintage gal is still pleased as punch (just look at her face!) with her recent purchase of her DIAMOND necklace - which was "Just Because". The camera seems to make them look like little round stones instead of the shiny gems I put there - (oh yeah, they are just little round stones & not diamonds - I forget.) I have always liked the attitude of this little lady - a rubber image by Barbara Cressman.Craft Your Passion Challenge #159 "Diamonds are a girls best friend..." starts today and the Design Team has some outstanding inspiration (HERE) to kick-start your mojo!
I colored her with Copics, used a Score-It to emboss lines on the edges as well as Distress Ink. She was layered on two coordinating layers of DP - each with edges inked. The bright red panel also has faux stitching around the edges. A ribbon and the sentiment balance it out a bit.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Have had a bad case of cabin fever - and this is as close to a Spring challenge as I can get - a PROMISE of Spring! Mo Manning's image expresses my current state of mind... the birds are outside my window, the wind is blowing like stink (and the tree pollen is thick on everything) so I am staying behind closed doors till I can emerge into the clear, clean, warm sunshine. Heavy sigh.

Started with a layer of DP from Studio Calico that is like an inlaid floor or wall - really different! I added three strips of dark brown to indicate a peak of the house and then went wild with the little tiny brads that are like screw heads up close! I put them in the boards of the peak, and on all the corners of the wood framed window - check out the close up.

Mo's image was colored with Copics, fussy cut and edged with dark brown ink to keep the white edges from showing. Finally it was elevated with foam tape to create some depth to the layout. I added punched branches that are getting green - but that have not flowered yet.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Back to my favorites for awhile... Mo Manning and her generous sized Fairy! Colored with Copics, diamond star added to her wand and diamond glitter in her wings. (See the close-up below.) I layered with punched lace and die cuts to add to the airiness (Sp?). Created the sentiment on the computer and backed everything with black matting to make it pop a bit. The image panel and the flourish have been elevated with the help of foam tape which you can see better at an angle. Finished with black pearls to "pin" down the panels.

Monday, April 15, 2013

This looks so much like my lovely and elderly "Xena - the Warrior Princess" - I could not resist her.

This digi is from The Paper Shelter - I printed her out, colored with Copics and then used a die to cut the oval and accompanying red mat. I made a tag out of it and elevated on foam tape. The "stars" background has been embossed using a Cuttlebug The crown and parts of the collar are faux embossed with Duo Glue and gold foil. That can be seen best in the close-up to the right. My final touch was a matching red ribbon for the tag, tied with gold cord.

It is Monday and Craft Your Passion is starting Challenge #158 - "Adorable Animals". The Design Team entries are lots of fun - and you can submit your entry by Sunday, 4/21 to be eligible for some very good prizes!

Friday, April 12, 2013

Ok - so I'm a little on the edge lately! I REALLY like Dilly Bean images! They just set my creativity spinning! Someone recently made the comment my choice of images was "creepy". LOL! So, Bite Me!
(Ooooooooohhhh - that made me think of another idea!) I have always liked Raggedy Anns - could be the red hair. But being able to attach real buttons as eyes seemed a genuine bonus!
So, here's the scoop: the image was printed and colored with Copics (see Copics choices at the end of post). Blue buttons were threaded with black waxed linen so that once in place the wax holds the thread in a position that makes it look like an upper lid to me. Corners of the image panel were clipped with a "Ticket Stub" punch, border was colored and mounted on foam tape around the image. Edges of the image and the sentiment panels were inked with Distress Inks. A simple blue bow was added for balance.

You can see the depth of the buttons and the raised border in this close-up.

Monday, April 8, 2013

I have a cousin who will be having spine surgery and I thought a "Wishing you smooth sailing" card would be perfect for him. And it fits right in with the latest challenge for Craft Your Passion... "Water, water everywhere!" (Must have water depicted in your card.) Your entry needs to be in by Sunday, April 14 and if you need some ideas, check out the inspiration cards the Design Team created for you!This image from Robyn's Fetish was printed out twice and colored with Copics. The tips of the waves were coated with Copic Opaque white to make the white-caps. The sail and the duck were fussy cut and mounted on foam tape to give the 3-D appearance you can see in the angled close-up.

For this fairly Clean And Simple (CAS) look I have added a ribbon, heart shaped, a wooden button with a brown twine bow and 3 dark copper, metal brads. A frame was formed around the image using a Scor-It. You can see the lines in this close-up.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

I had printed out a version of "Lilly's Kite" (Digital Paper Craft) for the previous post - but it was too large for my project idea. Smaller versions were made for that project, but did not want to waste this one... so punched her out with my Scalloped Circle Punch (Marvy Uchida). She was fast and easy to color, so I spent my time with the layers. All the DP are from Basic Grey's "Sweet Threads", so I knew they would coordinate beautifully.

Each paper and punched layer has been inked with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Inks. I added a folder tab supporting my sentiment, three punched flowers (Family Treasures) with Micro Beads in the center (these can e seen in the close-up), and a ribbon from stash.

The inside borrows left over papers from the front inked in the same manner.

Monday, April 1, 2013

It is Monday and time for another CraftYour Passion Challenge. This one is called "Onsies" and Lisa at CYP has provided a sketch (see right) and a recipe that consists of onsies or one each of:

a sketch

designer paper

an embellishment

an image

a sentiment.

Cool - this is fun! The CYP Design Team has created several inspirational cards (which you can see HERE!) to help kick-start your mojo. Your creation needs to be entered by Sunday, April 7 to be eligible for prizes from the sponsors (this week Digital Paper Craft and Delicious Doodles).

So here is what I did with it:

I printed out three copies of the image, colored with Copics, fussy cut and sculpted the layers, mounted the layers with foam tape. The first layer of the image has been cut in the approximate shape of the sketch image panel but the legs have been allowed to dangle by fussy cutting them.